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College of Pharmacy Fulbright Scholar Builds Global Partnerships for Education, Drug Discovery

Written by Nathan Ball

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Dr. Michio Kurosu holds his camera by the Nile River.

When Michio Kurosu, PhD, returned to Memphis after completing his Fulbright appointment in Egypt, he brought home more than memories of a year abroad. As the first U.S. Fulbright Scholar to reside in Sinai, Egypt, where he served his appointment at King Salman International University (KSIU) on Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, he helped strengthen a developing… Read More

UTHSC, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital Hold One of Most Diverse Biorepositories in Nation

Written by Jane Roberts

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Memphis, a city where 64% of the population is Black, now has one of the largest genetic databases of people with African ancestry in the United States. This winter, researchers at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) and Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, in collaboration with the Regeneron Genetics Center, sequenced the DNA of… Read More